AARON BEROFSKY

Aaron Berofsky is professor of violin at the University of Michigan and guest professor at the Detmold Hochschule für Musik. He has won international critical acclaim as both a soloist and a chamber musician, having performed throughout North America, Europe, Central America, and the Middle East. As a soloist he has appeared with orchestras in the United States, Germany, Italy, Spain and Canada, and recent performances have included a cycle of Mozart violin sonatas at the International Festival Deia in Spain, recorded for the Blue Griffin label. Aaron Berofsky has been the first violinist of the Chester String Quartet since 1992. Tours have taken them throughout the Americas and Europe and projects over the years have included complete cycles of the quartets by Beethoven and Dvořák, and numerous recordings of works by such composers as Mozart, Haydn, Barber, Porter, Piston, Kernis and Tenenbom. Aaron Berofsky has also performed with the acclaimed chamber orchestra Tafelmusik on period instruments, and has recorded with them for the Sony label. He has also worked extensively with many leading composers, including John Cage, William Bolcom, Zhou Long, Michael Daugherty, Aaron Jay Jay Kernis, Susan Botti and Bright Sheng. His acclaimed recordings can be found on the Sony, New Albion, ECM, Audio Ideas, Blue Griffin and Chesky labels. He is concertmaster of the Ann Arbor Symphony.